Now it’s just about time to go! I have waited for 4 years to write this post, but in reality, there is not much to write. It’s only now the exciting stuff begins. Two weeks ago, we got home from 5 wonderful weeks in the US, and since then, we have spent our time on […]
In an attempt to make Camilla (and me, I must admit) ready for a marathon-trip through Africa, we ride as much as we can during the spring holiday-weekends. After a couple of extremely cold trips during the past two months, the warmth of early summer had finally reached Denmark, and we set forth on a […]
I’m at my computer, listening to Norah Jones. The rain is pitter-pattering on the roof, it’s slowly getting darker outside, and Camilla is sitting on the couch, reading – wait, what?! Wasn’t Andreas supposed to be in Africa now? And who is Camilla? And why is it raining in late April? All right, let’s back […]
I originally wrote this post in June, but have not gotten around to post it until now, 3 months later. I’m sorry, but at least here it is 🙂 I’m sitting in a Boeing 747 on my way to Korea, the engines are humming loudly, and I’m caught in the no-man’s land of time which […]
The story about the end of our Nordkapp-trip has been long under way, but all of a sudden we found ourselves back in the real world, with lots of other things to take care of, and Acrux-blogging was put on the backburner for a while. It also did not help that we were both pretty […]
We are in the late European summer, I’m just home from San Diego and there’s about a year till the Acrux Expedition really gets underway. No time could be better to take a little test-trip before it all culminates. For a long time – almost as long as we’ve been taling about this project – […]
My butt hurt and my throttle hand was numb. My ears were ringing and I could barely see the road for dead bugs on my helmet. I had just come home from 11 hours on the road. I blasted 611 km through the Danish landscapes yesterday. I had two goals: Thise Mejeriet in Thise, a Danish […]
A couple of weekends ago I finally finished putting the front of Bob back together. Since then I drove about 1500 km in sweat-breaking heat, strong winds and pouring rain. On the road I managed to run out of fuel twice. The motorcycle has a small tap handle where you can block the fuel […]
In hindsight, Indian Pass Road was probably a bad idea. It began to occur to me after five to seven miles in foot deep, loose gravel on the bottom on a dry riverbed. It really hit home, when I found myself at a crossroads. There was no sign to lead me either way, and my […]
The weather was bad when I took the bus home to Aalborg from Herning Monday morning. I didn’t mind that much because, mildly speaking, Bob is not ready to go. The plan before the weekend was to put the front end back on there. Instead I took off the front fender, the windscreen and the […]
My motorcycle, Bob in case you forgot him, was checked twice for drivability. He’s “average” on paper, like any other used motorcycle car out there on the street. I changed oils, filters, battery, spark plugs, some cables, some nuts and bolts, adjusted the valves, fixed some flickering of the blink and back lights, took off […]
I am currently in the US, and if there’s a place in this world that was made for motorcycles, this is it. Before I went here, I considered whether I should buy a bike over here, and as the date of departure closed in the answer became clear: Yes! Not only does the US work […]
Our journey became realistic once we made a budget. Very rough back-of-the-napkin calculations told us that we would be able to save enough money during our PhDs but the hunch was not solidified until the budget came together about a year ago. Our particular trip takes about 35,000 EUR, 50,000 USD or 260.000 DKK, details below (all […]
I met my motorcycle for the first time this Christmas holiday and had a couple of nights to get it started and inspect its condition. This is a 1985-BMW R80G/S with a couple hundred kilometers more than 100.000 (most from before ‘97) on the odometer. It’s a classic motorcycle produced from 1980-87 and, since then, […]
All tales start by establishing the characters, and one of the most important ones in this tale is Amelia, my motorcycle. More on the name towards the end. Amelia is a BMW G650 Xchallenge from 2007, which I bought used with 7500 km on the odometer by the end of July, 2013. I rarely buy […]
It didn’t take long after deciding to do the adventure, before we had a rough draft of a route. Since then, it has gone through numerous changes and refinements, but the basic principle is simple: We leave home heading south, and when we hit Cape Town, ship the bikes to Australia and head home. How […]
Welcome to the blog of The Acrux Expedition. What is this? In about two years, we – Anders and Andreas – are done with our PhDs and it’ll be time for an adventure. Thus, we plan do ride around the world on motorcycles. This is the blog where you can follow our journey. The project […]